This unit introduces students to the field of family counselling by developing their understanding of the main theoretical frameworks and interventions adopted by family counsellors and systemic practitioners in particular. Students will apply the strategies that are particular to the main theoretical frameworks and will critically integrate them into their own professional identity as counsellors. Several issues pertinent to families and the field of family counselling will be explored in terms of theory and interventions that are relevant to working with families in the context of accurate information about each of the issues including from a Christian perspective. Topics: + Introduction to Family Therapy and Systems Work + Using Genograms to Understand Family Systems + Transgenerational Model: Bowen’s Family Systems Therapy + Structural Model: Structural Family Therapy + Experiential Model: Emotionally Focused Family Therapy + Strategic Models: Strategic Family Therapy and Milan Family Therapy + The Human Validation Process Model: Satir Transformational Family Therapy + Presenting Issues in Family Therapy and the Effects of Trauma + Family Structures + Working with Young People in the Context of Family Counselling